Somoe Surname
Approximately 357 people bear this surname
Somoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 266 | 1:173,609 | 13,168 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Somoe (14,583) may also be a first name.
Somoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Somoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Somoe occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Somoe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Somoe is the 790,102nd most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 20,413,294 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Somoe reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Somoe is also the 47,325th most widespread first name on earth, held by 14,583 people.
Somoe is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 266 people, or 1 in 173,609. In Kenya Somoe is mostly concentrated in: Tana River County, where 90 percent are found, Bomet County, where 3 percent are found and Kilifi County, where 2 percent are found. Not including Kenya Somoe occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found and Iran, where 7 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Somoe
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